What does success look like in the 26-27 SHU season?
- Thread starter NYShoreGuy
- Start date
Depends on the roster. If we lose Budd and Hines odds are we don’t replace them with equal or better talent. No way to have expectations yet.
Top 5 BE and NCAA bid. Needs to begin with Hines and Clark coming back. The 24 roster was terrible. Sha doesn’t have to do a wholesale change. The base roster now has two critical pieces and several rotational players worth retaining as a foundation.
So Dayton first four loss and you define that as a success?
What's the context? Did they battle through injuries? Was the Big East good or bad? Did they win or lose out towards the end of the year? Did they lose winnable games that dropped their seed down? How did they play in that first four game?
This is a thread in March 2026 for March 2027. Right now they need to make the tournament.
Asking genuinely - do you feel this year was a success?
I want to make the tourney and go to the S16.
If we dont go that far, the good times of watching us play with some friends will make it an enjoyable season. I got thu 2 yrs ago with a smile so I think I can handle anything that comes down the pike.
This is about basketball games, and friendship, not heart surgery.
Ultimately no. SHU was having a successful season and then hit a swoon losing to mid conference teams.
Sha has had a couple years now to understand the NIL landscape and what we need to do to get the players we want. He was unanimous BE COY and he needs to find a way to leverage that as a part of his pitch. We desperately need guys who can shoot. We finished 337th in 3PT%. If we were an average 3pt shooting team this year, we would be in the tournament.
Success next year for me would look like:
1. Do well in the portal.
2. Play defense with as much intensity as we did this year.
3. Be better offensively than we were this year.
Ideally that would lead us to a 7 seed or better and a chance to win a game or 2 in the tourney.
Success next year for me would look like:
1. Do well in the portal.
2. Play defense with as much intensity as we did this year.
3. Be better offensively than we were this year.
Ideally that would lead us to a 7 seed or better and a chance to win a game or 2 in the tourney.
For me, our most disappointing season featured our most talented roster. For me it isnt buckie f'ing dent but darryl f'ing mee. Winning the BET by 30...nice, but...
So we need context. Context made this season a success for me.
So we need context. Context made this season a success for me.
If the conference is appreciably better and without knowing the OOF schedule I would be happy with a similar record as this season.
The NCAA Tournament. Any other answer is foolish.
Similar record as this season (as Dan mentioned) with a few better wins. Get into the NCAA Tourney and win one game. Sweet Sixteen would be great but tourney or bust.
To do that we have to retain our best players - Clark and Hines and a few others and get some shooters.
To do that we have to retain our best players - Clark and Hines and a few others and get some shooters.
The NCAA Tournament is always my pre-season answer.
Post Season can vary. I viewed this season as a success.
Post Season can vary. I viewed this season as a success.
Has to be the NCAA tourney.
if he goes 0-5, he should be looking for a new job.
if he goes 0-5, he should be looking for a new job.
NCAA Tournament. That’s the goal annually.
I don’t think missing it you’re .500+ in BE and in the Bubble hunt all year a “bad season” but it’s not the goal.
Certain crazy situations like we’ve seen in recent years can change things - why this year was encouraging considering where we were.
I don’t think missing it you’re .500+ in BE and in the Bubble hunt all year a “bad season” but it’s not the goal.
Certain crazy situations like we’ve seen in recent years can change things - why this year was encouraging considering where we were.
Please don't kill me for saying this so please hear me out. With the roster going to turnover again, the season really isn't a success because you're no longer building a program. That's why I continue to be adamant about saying NCAA Tournament or bust for a season to be considered a success nowadays.
No worries. The days of building a program are over. We will have 8-12 new faces next year. This year, Shaheen took an entire roster of new faces, got them to buy in, play their hearts out, and make it to the NCAAT bubble. That's the formula and it is difficult to replicate year after year. The fact he did it this year makes it a success.
I don't know how anyone can answer this question without knowing the roster. Part of the reason I was so pleasantly surprised this year was because I thought we had zero change at doing the various things we did (.500 in league play, Friday night of the BE semis, bubble team for a good chunk of the year). I wasn't as surprised with the OOC record overall, because I thought it was soft. But never did I expect the overall body of work or accomplishments.
If we are just talking generally, I typically hope for the NCAA tournament every year. After going 0-4, I think that is hill for Sha to climb sooner than later.
If we are just talking generally, I typically hope for the NCAA tournament every year. After going 0-4, I think that is hill for Sha to climb sooner than later.
Better make the dance at bare minimum. If not time for coach to go. 0 for 5 at a high major unacceptable. He better figure it out and fast
first goal NCAA tournament
Second goal every game at minimum fill 50% of the student section. Is that too much to ask?
Second goal every game at minimum fill 50% of the student section. Is that too much to ask?